A New Deal: Making Education Work for All New Zealanders . A New Deal provides a clear and comprehensive framework for real change. The Education Forum?s proposals include: * Giving parents greater freedom to determine what school will best suit their children and, more importantly, backing up that choice with state funding; * Trusting teachers and principals to determine the best way of organising themselves to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population in New Zealand; * Building a culture of professionalism in the teaching sector; * Providing parents, teachers, principals and the government with the information required to determine how well the education system is serving New Zealand children; and * Ensuring that students, parents and teachers have access to world class curricula and qualifications. By the Education Forum of the New Zealand Business Roundtable.

By New Zealand Business Roundtable, New Zealand.

Education Policy Resource.

Higher Education: Tuition Fees. Opposition to tuition fees is misguided; the New Zealand experience shows that they work, says Norman LaRocque. As the arguments about tuition fees grow more heated in England, experience from down under may shed some light on the debate.

By New Zealand Business Roundtable, New Zealand.

Education Policy Resource.

Looking Down the Road by the Numbers: Challenges to Universities in the Next 10 Years. Canada?s universities face a host of daunting challenges over the next decade, from growth spurts in enrolment to replacing retiring faculty, from global competitiveness in R&D to the ever present issues of financing and infrastructure. The numbers in every area speak eloquently of the challenges confronting Canada?s university network, writes the president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Enrolment will increase by 30 percent over the next decade to nearly 1 million undergraduate, graduate and full time equivalent (FTE) students. In the face of growing enrolment, the university system must hire 40,000 new faculty ? more than the entire current university teaching staff ? to replace retiring academics and maintain student-teacher ratios at current levels. And while universities conduct one-third of the country?s R&D, Ottawa?s goal of becoming fifth in the world is a long way from Canada?s current 14th place standing in the OECD. Finally, universities will need billions more dollars to meet their capital and operational requirements in this context of growth. (For a collection of other articles on Canadian Higher Education click here). By Robert J. Giroux for the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

By Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada.

Education Policy Resource.

Public Service Reform. Attempting to simply emulating private sector practices to reform the public service, as suggested by some in the new public management movement, has contributed to aggravation, cynicism and decreased morale among civil servants. These two papers, by Christian Rouillard and Isabelle Fortier, are published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

By Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada.

Education Policy Resource.

?Study now, pay later? or ?HE for free?? An assessment of alternative proposals for higher education finance. The UK government and the Conservative Party have announced starkly different policies for funding higher education (HE). Both want to see higher funding per student, but the government wants students to pay more, through an increase in deferred tuition fees. The Conservatives want to scrap tuition fees altogether. The government wants student numbers to increase significantly. The Conservatives are content for student numbers to remain roughly unchanged. This paper assesses the distributional and public finances implication of the proposals. By Alissa Goodman and Greg Kaplan.

By Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK.

Education Policy Resource.